Travel
- January 1, 2009
Egypt Holidays: Enjoy Nile Cruises, Red Sea & Lake Nasser Tours
While on your Egypt vacation, there are several interesting activities you can undertake. Among these are luxury Nile cruises, or cruises in the the Red sea and Lake Nasser. River Nile has, since the time of the Egyptian pharaohs, won the admiration of many people, more so visitors seeking the ideal Egypt holidays.
The Nile Valley allows you to enjoy the best of Nile Cruises while enjoying captivating neighbourhood and sampling best dishes of Egypt. Nile Cruises simply refer to cruise ships sailing between Luxor and Aswan. Typically, Nile cruises are three, four or seven nights long although shorter trips take a few hours to sail between Luxor and Aswan.
Egypt Nile Cruisers are often referred to as floating hotels. With such features as small swimming pools, hot bath tubs, exercise rooms/gymnasiums, small libraries, nice restaurants, and even nightclubs, the cruisers have all the amenities of land based hotels. Most cruisers operate throughout the year, though the period between October and mid April is the best time for a Nile cruise due to the fairly cool weather.
The Red Sea is the other fascinating destination for Egypt vacations. Over many centuries, the Red Sea - situated between Asia and Africa - has served as an important link between the East and the West. Every year, many people visit the Red Sea coast while on holiday in Egypt, among them thousands of scuba divers from all over the world.
The Red Sea’s coast stretches from the Gulf of Suez to the Sudanese boarder. The sea’s mineral-rich red mountain ranges inspired travelers of ancient times to name the sea Mare Rostrum, meaning the Red Sea. Thousands of migrating birds find themselves at the shores of the Red Sea throughout the year making it a paradise for birding enthusiasts. Red Sea has over 800 fish species, among them the deadly stone-fish and butterfly-fish.
A luxury cruise in the Lake Nasser is yet another natural extension to any Egypt vacation or Nile cruise adventure. Created in the 1960s after the construction of Aswan High Dam, the lake was named after the president of Egypt at the time, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Lake Nasser is about 498.9 km long and up to 600 feet deep.
The two temples at Abu Simbel are some of the greatest attractions around lake Nasser region. Ranking alongside the great pyramids of Giza as Egypt’s top tourist attractions, the Abu Simbel temples represent an amazing engineering accomplishment. The temples were relocated from their original site to a higher ground during the construction of the dam, to prevent them from being submerged in the resultant lake Nasser.
Lake Nasser is arguably one of the best places for freshwater fishing in the world. Nile perch and tiger fish are the popular catches there.
Getting to Egypt and traveling within the country is relatively easy by flight. EgyptAir is one of the several airlines that operate flights to Egypt. Most international flights to Egypt land at the Cairo International Airport, while others arrive at the Sharm el Sheik airport. While a self explanatory map of Egypt is available, you may require a tour guide to help you move around and explore the country.
